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Life before the Equalities Act 2010
Yesterday, the Supreme Court in the UK ruled that the legal definition of ‘a woman’ is based on biology, and biology alone. Not self-identification. Not gender recognition certificates. Not even gender reassignment surgery. What about intersex folk? Er, don’t know....
Rewilding Education – the first chapter
Preface From my vantage point, in a chair rather precariously balanced at the top of a ladder, my eyes survey the landscape. There is water, so much water, more than I have ever seen here before. The pools at the bottom of the hill are expanding, and I see birds, and...
PODCAST: Wild Minds with Marina Robb
Max speaks to Marina Robb as part of the Wild Minds Podcast. https://theoutdoorteacher.com/podcasts/rewilding-education/
The night the pirates came
She is walking down the street, her arms swinging by her side. No, hang on, that was the other world, the one when people were defined by gender, by pronouns assigned to them at birth. Was this person - this lively child with mischief and magic in her eyes – was she a...
Being a magpie with Mary Oliver
She said that sometimes there are no rules. And for some reason that was reassuring. We went down to the shore. On an ordinary, extraordinary day. And filled our pockets with lichen and seeds. Molly flew by in a tiny plane Checking we weren’t taking her lover’s...
What is it with the wild? A dialogue between Sophie Christophy and Max Hope
Sophie Christophy and Max Hope love being outdoors and connecting with wild places but are curious about whether their experiences of ‘the wild’ and ‘nature’ are the same. Sophie is a feminist and children’s rights activist, an unschooling parent and Co-Founder of The...